History
Stari Grad (Pharia) is the oldest settlement on the island, and was founded by Greeks from the island Paros in the Aegean around 385 BC. In 219 BC, the Roman consuls Paulus and Marcus Livius defeated the locals, who were henceforth subservient to Rome. In the 7th century, after the fall of Solin (Salona), the capital of the province of Dalmatia, it seems that its people sought refuge ...

Vrbanj was recorded as an existing, long established settlement in the 1331 statute of the Hvar Commune. The statute mentions a "Fons Varba", so it is possible that this is the origin of the settlements name.
In the document, written in Latin by Gabriel Gazzarus "canonicus pharensis", which recorded the benediction of the church of St Nikola, built at the highest point above Starigrad, ( crkv...